ah sure with what i deal with a russian service men are confirmed dead and a ukrainian drone attack on an air base in the central russian region of the k to fall. so expels it un coordinate declaring cut persona non grata. he's in the official of pacing a negative picture, the country security situation. but i'll really know where we stand and where are we going? we need to partner so not people who come to dictate them all to us or give us their opinions and trying to close out the u. s. is a direct direct to international order thing. washington is behind regional turmoil

in many country with good morning to you from one of our team here in moscow. this is not the international with the latest news update is good to have you with us that we thought the are with breaking news from central russia. that's the route of region . as it rushes, defense ministry has confirmed the death of 3 service men following the drone attack by kia ford. this is the 2nd start to talk on the ad base this month dantes were mom, call to pass the details. according to the russian defense ministry, it deploys air defense systems in a city of angles in serrato region against a ukrainian drone that said, try to at sack a strategic air field in that's a region. as a result, 3 military personnel had been killed after that attack. now is the 2nd such attack of ukraine using a drone against this air field. on the 5th of december,

3 people were killed and 4 people were wounded at the same place when ukraine attacked the same airfield. now, according to the governor of the region, a panic ensued right away. local social media, as the fake news began to spread regarding an evacuation of all local residents and massive sandwich to civilian infrastructure. now, according to the governor, oldest use was a fake, and it was been spreaded from outside of the region and even outside of the country, according to the hacker, to published this information, a lot of for information regarding the placements of russian strategic her bombers and her naval fleets and other military positions of importance have been leaked and that information is being used by ukraine and in this instance as well. and this is a quiet so dangerous, because this could provoke her, a nuclear response,

because of this particular airport houses, strategic bombers that are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. and according to russia's doctrine, if it says for teja, co and nuclear forces are being attacked. and that could mean that could make, that allows russia to provide a nuclear response. so ukraine is indeed playing with the fire here by trying to attack a russian strategic air force. and russian president vladimir putin has said that moscow is never slide away from peace talks with ukraine. i think they've been prevented by its western counterparts. we seek thus 3 me list um we have always sought to resolve all arising disputes via peaceful negotiations. but unfortunately, the other side functions differently, it began carrying out harsh military measures and we were forced to defend the

people living in these territories. i believe that we are acting in a justified manner and we're provided no other choice even so we are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with the inclusion of all participants in the process. studious turkey as president and the hungarian prime minister have expressed similar thieves. the latter has that he believes that if the us wanted to end the ukrainian conflict, it would do so, niels, you, but to unfortunately, the west has only made provocations and failed to make efforts to be a mediator in the ukraine, russia war. ukraine can only fight as long as the united states supports it with money and weapons. if the americans want peace, there will be peace. however, form a italian prime minister and maria maria drank a recently came to the kremlin, which is unwilling to deescalate. while nato's chief accused moscow of trying to take advantage of any proposed cease fires. recent weeks had seen a number of top western officials attempt to persuade key as that now is not the

right time for negotiations with russia. our job to continue to sustain our military support to ukraine so they are in the best possible position on the battlefield. so that if and when diplomacy is ripe, they will be in the best possible position at the negotiating table. that moment is not right now. we have no illusions that a true piece negotiation that would be possible in the immediate future. we must be clear that any unilateral call for a cease fire by russia is completely meaningless. in the current context, i think it would be a false call. it would be used by russia to regroup, to reinforce the troops. meanwhile, the chinese foreign minister has defended his country position of neutrality in the ukrainian conflict thing. beijing games to deepen ties with russia in the coming year. it comes as moscow continues to strengthen cooperation with multiple count

countries. in asia, africa, and the middle east. marsh is foreign minister law for all the world is now moving towards multi palarez with a majority of states, not sharing the west anti russian stones. and also used we have plants within the framework of the ration economic union. the shall, high corporation organization and also breaks. certainly the overwhelming majority of the world's countries did not make the aggression illegal sanctions, black, male, and threats to. so the dominance that the united states and it's less than allies do in the international arena. nobody likes it. well, i've pointed out the threat to russia's foreign reserves, as an example of western aggression. moscow has reportedly begun to moving his gold from european banks in response to sanction. he brings the details of most goes tons to build a self sufficient gold reserve, instead of relying on the us dollar. after western sanctions froze, nearly half of russia's golden foreign exchange reserves,

moscow is doubling down on its efforts to counter the increased economic uncertainty with the russian finance ministry now suggesting to replace foreign cash reserves with gold bars. the initiative has found a vocal support among lawmakers under the current circumstances. people do not have many financial instruments to protect their savings. therefore, this measure is aimed at allowing citizens to protect their savings and that the dollar rise in the economy, especially since now there are various risks when trying to make exchanges for other bank notes that will be impossible to use and russia. gold bars are safer than traditional currencies of so called on friendly states. the 1st steps on the way to achieve greater independence were made back in march. when new legislation scrapped a 20 percent value added tax on purchasing gold for individuals and allowed buying gold bars with foreign currency, the move a spark, they 7 fold rise and demand for gold on the domestic market with 30 tons being sold

so far. this year. the finance ministry expects those numbers to continue to rise. people have started buying more gold bars. so these are not necessarily think standard 12 kilogram bars. they can be much smaller. i talk to manufacturers as well as the minting company goes. it's not. they say there are no problems and there is no shortage of gold. it should be borne in mind that russia is one of the leaders in goal production. this is our competitive advantage. we have to use this, especially at such a difficult time. serbia has reported, he increased his military presence on the border with the breakaway region. of course of the mid comes and reports of shootings coming in from the northern part of the area close of in special forces, allegedly tried to take control of an abandoned police station located in a small, ethnically, serbian city office is a said to have fled following morning shots fired to find local subs. possible

media came to the local, started the offensive shooting up and nato troops. serbian serbia lead alex on the church has called an emergency meeting and sent a top general to the border. the west is reportedly demanded. the president refused to situations threatening to handle the situation themselves. tensions and the ball can seem to be when lent lives with demonstrations, against the rest served on the, on the mining of great integrity, the cause of the blame one another, bringing more troops to the common border. you can follow all of the latest developments on our team. a boat can telegram channel. you can reach me on the web . while of course on t t dot com. now to west africa, where the kina found, says government is expelled, a top un official for quote, discrediting the country. a local reporter at the details become 3 representative will be you in, in book in fossil is no longer will come into the country. the government of

a transition decided to expel by borrow, mainly because they believe she's going to kill his group. and she's painting will kill a fossil with dark color guard. my goodness that you and bustle will, killer has decided to classify what i do as a long company place for you and stuff. enough easy enough, believe some will kill be cause some about the impact of this decision. somehow, what this is for me, it's the right decision, even if it's not necessarily welcome because given the way the un representative behave, she should be replaced. i read the articles, antonio terrorist uses in defense of her, but i don't think the us should have priority in such issues. but kena fastow is sovereign and has a right to make some decisions. i would say that booking for solar mature without really know where we stand and where we going. currently we need partners, so not people who come to dictate the law to us or gave us their opinions. booking

i decided friday to expel business representative of the you knew what to do. saturday, the un general secretary replied governor will kena think that it's not possible for the government to say that in the past when i look in other words, but it cannot be expelled. by the governor will pass. the doctrine of persona, non grata, does not apply to united nations officials. only the secretary general has the authority to decide after careful investigation with respect to the withdrawal of any united nations official for a late gallo political analysts and civil society leader. the fact that she's that kit was to be in touch with groups is not a good reason to complain. and just a couple of people since i've heard that senior un official, barbara massey was in touch with some terrorists. but i don't think it's accurate. humanitarian workers have to communicate in many countries grips with conflicts as

they're there to provide relief. and therefore sometimes they encounter armed groups in order for them to access people in need. so if it's not explained, well, it can give the impression that there's complicity. personally, i think it's unbelievable that a senior united nations official would team up with arms militants. it has also been said that she regularly goes to this. it's a disaster area, an area with strong humanitarian needs. so it's normal that the united nations who are involved in humanitarian issues will be there. the arguments are not valid. burkina faso is weak at the moment to launch a show down with the united nations. were too fragile. were one of the most fragile countries. this is ridiculous, at the same time, among the 3 countries of molly niger and burkina, we have 10 times more displaced people than niger and molly. his mind twitters, a near c o, a long must calling himself

a free speech absolutist his platform has been feeling the hate for an inconsistent bonding policies. as washington based palestinian jer less has been banned from the social media platform for reporting on the is waiting on these actions of a social network has previously been several palestinian news outlets without specifying any reasons. last week, posted on the report, his account before the baton with the soto of 2 is really security officials during an attempt to the rest of an unarmed pull it unarmed palestinian who later died. flight eric has himself spoke with about his case to saying his reporting on the palestine conflict with the main reason behind the suspension. i think it's related to the palestinian israeli conflict. i definitely, you know, i wouldn't say i'm a loud voice, but i'm a voice that speaks of what is going on to the house 10 years on the on daily basis in the press briefing. and i think that may be a cause for annoyance or cause for you know, discontent no,

by those who are constantly advocating for israel. i do believe that there is that, you know, maybe some point to parents, maybe from israel, maybe from the way the think tanks and is read maybe the pro rated lobby and then i'd state. i never heard back from them. i know there was a few journalists, liberal journalist, they call them and because they were suspended because they, it, we did things about the musk and the issue was raised in the state department on the 16th of december. and you know, i, i said i was banned as well. i was suspended as well. and lo and behold the following day, all the others were reinstated, but not the so i continue to be suspended. i believe that it is directly related to the power in the issue. there is no other reason, you know,

we have reached out to us for more details and will update you on their response. when we receive one. the us in the stabilizing force in the world creating disruption in other countries for its own gain. that's according to the chinese ministry of defense. facts have repeatedly proven that the united states is a direct threat to the international order. and the driving force behind the regional turmoil, the united states stubbornly pursues its own interests 1st and the willfully wages wars and creates conflicts with other countries for its own self interest, causing the large number of fitness and civilian casualties and displacement. the resolution of the taiwan issue is the chinese people's business and china's eternal affair, which does not allow any external interference and the u. s. has no right to make a responsible remarks. without strong statements came out of the us, authorized up to $10000000000.00 over the next 5 years to modernize taiwan security

capabilities. the islands defense ministry say it's a decision. so washington is committed to defending its ally, us arm sell to taiwan, has continued to grow despite the issue straining beijing's relations with washington. what else was the vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies that says the us uses tie one is a tool that it's multi level strategy with china. what i think is quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace at the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand, the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they

do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist pie one independent, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course, the chinese government is quite happy about this, and we've already seen spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position. very fun. so let's see. let's see. but i hope during the meeting of u. s. a secretary of state blink, when he visits china matters like this will be discussed in the eyes of the chinese people, the importance of us. china relations has decreased over the past year and is not less than 37 percent south, according to a global time survey. published yesterday and contrast relations with russia are viewed as the most crucial for chinese diplomacy. 20 talk diplomats over to the time to praise the relationship between beijing and moscow. cities i put him on

with a comp for the china, russian relationship which is based on non alliance, non confrontation, and non targeting of any 3rd party remains. rock solid. such relationship is free from interference or any attempt to so discard between the 2 countries in is immune from change in the international environment. aging base, the gc, unco respond, and don't, she stays the long standing watching chinese relations are based on a common vision for a just a multi polar world. china, russia relations goes way back. you know, we're, and also in recent years we've seen quite frequent, high level exchanges that include, you know, bilateral talks as well as, and various leaders summit, a multi lateral on organizations or chinese state counselor. and for a minister one. the emphasized that in china, russia heis is rock solid on the basis of, of not targeting any 3rd party. and both countries should continue to promote

a multi polar world and democracy in international relations. china has always believes that sanctions are never the way to solve any issues, you know, and also china as always, oppose this any illegal unilateral sections sanctions. l chan only adheres to the international law systems of go abided by the united nations. and also of regarding the ukraine, ukrainian prices and china has repeatedly emphasized that conflicts of war, all wars war never producing winners. and there's no simple solution to a complex issue. and the confrontation between major countries must be avoided. ah, the latest twist and i category corruption, scandal which is engulfed, the whole of the european union now has a morocco spy. at the center of the investigation, mohammed beller rach, an alleged moroccan secret agent is suspected of corruption targeting european m e

p's in recent years. and it turns out he's been on the european intelligence services radar for quite some time. according to media reports, he's one of the links connecting former european parliament parliament member pierre, antonia pans there re to the moroccan secret service. upon sorry, the former president of the n g, i fight impunity, which was found to be a link between many case aspects. now faces charges for money laundering and corruption. now the former a parliament vice president, the eva kylie was also arrested and is similar accusations. other politicians involved with fines. impunity will also investigated by police including major union chief, luka vista and tina, who was subsequently arrested. and socialist m. e. p. monk and tara bella, whose home was rated. here's how one of the board members describe the situation she found herself in. i feel extremely use pans ary has used our names, our reputations. it's just such a be trail. if this is now a big laundromat,

which it seems to be, then it's so cynical because our vital human rights work. it is something that is so badly needed in the time where we are. in total, belgium police have rated 20 locations in brussels, connected to the corruption investigation authorities seized both computers, as well as a $1500000.00 euros in cash. the moroccan intelligence service has yet to comment on allegations of its involvement of cancer has denied all the accusations labeling, labeling them baseless and gravely misinformed. political and financial analyst angel juliano sees the corruption investigation. is evidence of a much larger problem? yes, but again, we need to remember this important case, which is we bigger is the corruption scandal between your vondell lie and the seal pfizer. we are talking about the a scandal of 35000000000 you low of transactions for the purchase of cookies.

vaccines. corruption is something they widespread in the us. the only thing what these actually they allow me here is that it was not sophisticated the, this, this corruption was made with cash 1500000 euro in cash was very amateur. usually the way they do corruption in d, u is by creating off short counts and i think maybe they felt uncomfortable. this is in the context of. busy labeling as being in this case it's just keep gold of the collective west. we haven't cut our gate, we need to ask ourselves. the question is because of composition is taking a more neutral position between the collective west and these new multiple was that is a legitimate question because the power was always in the good hotness of the new

. so he's the 1st time that they're actually going after. heavily, this may be because you starting not to listen to the collective west only 34 people across the us a reportedly lost their lives you through a fear, snow storm tearing through parts of the country since last week. the vol territory gripped by the storm is nearly unprecedented, extended from the great lakes and canada to the texas border with mexico across the country. the still knocked out power to as many as one point. $5000000.00 people with hundreds of thousands more warns they could be left without electricity. buffalo is the most effective, 50, more than one me to have snow fell on sunday with its making loads unusable and power station being frozen. the new york government describes it as a crisis of epic proportion. this is a war with mother nature, and she has been hitting us with everything she has. and this will go down in history as the most devastating storm and holiday

travelers have also had their christmas plans ruined us. thousands of domestic and international lights have been cancelled due to weather conditions. huge cues within our ports with pay. people lie on the floor waiting for flights to resume. we heard from some of the stronger passengers. i'm terrified. honestly. i'm worried . i really hope everything goes smoothly. i'm just praying for the bus. i wasn't as affected as other people were. you know, some people were my play mister flights mit mister connecting to get to charlotte. so luckily i was about to make it. i have to schedule whole entire 3 instead of flying to amsterdam and then to my love the donation. i have to go to the alumni from london to amsterdam and for a month of them. so i extended my flying time and connection time and ever. south korea has reportedly fired warning shots as

a number of drones crossed into his territory from north korea and is believe they were heading toward sol. that's according to local media outlets. have the south korean military fine morning shots and scrambled attack helicopters and 5 to jets, one of which crushed victims have been reported on killing young times, but not commented on the incidence. according to local media, commercial flights have been suspended at airports close to south korea as border regions. many, thanks for joining us here on our field international today. either way you can find lakes updates on our website r t dot com and we'll be back in 30 minutes with the ah

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ah. hello, i'm manila chan. you are tuned into modus operandi the show that explores the methods and patterns of foreign policy all around the world and the history that reverberates in our lives today. now on this episode of the ammo will explore the continent of africa, the world's mind for everything from precious gemstones and diamonds, to ever increasingly critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium needed for modern day tech gadgets. so who's cozying up to the still developing regions? then later tenure latest presidential elections were fraught with drama and debate . accusations of balance, staffing and stolen election sounding more like the u. s. 2020 elections and not so

who will lead one of africa top economies for the coming years. we'll discuss all that and more coming up. all right, let's get into the ammo. mm. the recent pasting of queen elizabeth the 2nd has revive the decades old conversation about precious gems being returned to africa after what some described as having been stolen from the continent during the colonization period from the 1800s to around the start of world war one. the star of africa diamond, which currently rest the top, the sceptre of the british royal family is a $500.00 carrot, clear cut, diamond mind in south africa. 19 o. 5. it's slightly smaller sister diamond clapped from b original. 3100. carrots fits in. the royal crown, but today the minerals being mined and africa are owned by what seems like just about everyone on the planet. they're in your cell phone, lithium.